Description
Scattered within the woodland are numerous small, more or less temporary wetlands, characterised by wet meadow-type vegetation, in which rare species such as the insectivorous plants Pinguicola vulgaris and Drosera rotundifolia can be found.
The biotope is characterised by the three largest peat bogs, named after the local toponymy: Palù lonc, La palù, Palù fond.
Until a few years ago, there was another peat bog called Paludel, which disappeared following the construction of an inert waste dump.
These are transitional bogs characterised by mounds of sphagnum sphagnum (Sphagnum spp.) arranged in a punctiform manner, thus creating a remarkable variety of vegetation.
In fact, where there is still intimate contact with the water, there are wet meadows of Carex spp. and Trichophorum caespitosum on which, in many cases, an attempt at colonisation by spruce trees has been established (even adult spruce trees can be found, but considerably stunted).
On the sphagnum mounds, having lost contact with water, a 'drier' vegetation with Calluna vulgaris and Vaccinium oxycoccus has settled in.
The biotope is also of considerable importance from the point of view of fauna for those species that are disappearing due to the destruction of their breeding habitats, such as various amphibians, including the mountain frog (Rana temporaria), a very common species in the Darè peat bogs.
Various other animal species are also present, such as the roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) and the fox (Vulpes vulpes). The area is also frequented by the capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), the largest European Tetraonidae.